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On the latest Sports Retort, innovation dominates talk of how to improve World Cup officiating. We scratch our heads over the vagaries of stoppage time, and Jim has a foolproof plan to make penalty kicks more logical. We discuss Chile’s surge past Spain, its most overzealous fans and the intense pressure put on the team by those miners rescued from a collapsed mine.

The Journal’s Joshua Robinson joins us to tell tales of his early misadventures in Brazil covering the Cup and to handicap the France-Switzerland game that even a Swiss player suggested might be boring. We wonder why there’s a public debate about whether French star Franck Ribery is afraid of needles. Plus, a preview of this weekend’s U.S.-Portugal game and a burning question: Could Sunderland beat the U.S. national team? Read More »

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